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And if you delete too much the trash folder on tmpfs will fill up to half your available memory. With how terrible linux is with swap, unintentionally deleting a lot of data while doing something memory-intensive may well cause your system to slow to a crawl, forcing you to either sit it out or reboot and lose your recycle bin


Don't forget 'systemd-oomd' who may try to help. Depending on the configuration of your distribution/desktop environment, there's a non-zero chance your whole DE gets whacked. I generally am a fan of 'systemd', but the collection of parts require attention. cgroups and such

Absolutely none of this is a concern for this project, though. I just find this-then-that stuff funny




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